World War 1 Crossword
Across
- 8. An early 20th century alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia. Originally a series of loose agreements, the Triple Entente began to assume the nature of a more formal allience as the prospect of war with the Central Powers became more likely and formed the basis of the Allied powers in WW1
- 10. Disputed land between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies
- 12. A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons
- 15. A secret Serbian society of the early 20th century that used terrorist methods to promote the liberation of Serbs outside Serbia from Habsburg or Ottoman rule
- 16. An offensive strategy proposed by Alfred von Schlieffen that was designed to allow Germany to wage a successful two-front war
- 19. Britain's policy of having a larger fleet than the next two powers combined
- 20. The belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
Down
- 1. A union or association between three powers or states
- 2. A signed cheque with the amount left for the payee to fill in
- 3. A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations
- 4. a conflict in which each side tried to wear the other down by killing as many of its soldiers as possible
- 5. a war which is unrestricted in term of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the accepted rules of war are disregarded
- 6. The action of emerging from the trenches to charge across an open area to attack the enemy
- 7. A final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations
- 9. The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
- 11. A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means
- 13. The principle or advocacy of the union of all Slavs or all Slavic peoples in one political organization
- 14. A type of warfare where opposing forces fight from trenches facing each other
- 17. Identification with ones own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations
- 18. when opposing forces encounter on two geographically separate fronts